Washer



Z. A. TAYLOR.

WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.29. IQIB.

1,329,441, Patented Feb. 3,1920.

ZACHARIAHpA. TAYLOR, F RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

WASHER.

speeieeanon ef Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. s, 192e.

Application filed November 29, 1918. Serial No. 264,618.

T 0 all fi/itof/n t 'may concern Be it known that I, Zeer-mman A. TAY- Lon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county or' Riverside and State of California, have invented a new and useful ,Vaslier', of which the following is a specication.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a washing machine, and the invention aims to provide novel means whereby the clothes in the tub may be subjected simultaneously to the action or' a ram or pounder', and to air under pressure, the ram and the air supplying means being operated :from a single point of iorceapplica tion.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it'being understood that, with in the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of' the invention.

In th e. accompanying drawings igure'l shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accorda-nce with the invention, parts being broken away, and partsbeing shown in section; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 8 is al section taken through the pump and attendant parts; Fig. 4l is a sectional detail illustrating the upper end of the ram; and Fig; 5 is a section taken on the line 5 5 oi' Fig. 3.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a base, denoted generally by the numeral 1, the base including'a bar 2 having an opening 3 in one end, wherein is, received, the lower end of a standard A, the standard being pivoted to the bar by means ot' a bolt 5 and being mounted to swing in the open-v ing 3. The numeral 6 designates, generally, a lever, preferably including parallel rods 7 unitedby means of a pivot element 8 with the upper end of a standards. The upper end of a post 9 is disposed betweenl the rods 7 and is secured thereto as shown aty 10, the post being sustained from the rods 7 by means of a bra-ce 11. The lower end 12 of the post 9 rests on the bar 2 adjacent to one end thereof. The post 9 carries an outstanding handle 14h At its ends, the bar 2 is provided with slots 15 wherein hook bolts 16 or Y adjusted inwardly and outwardly inA the slots 15, the structure may be held on tubs of different diameters.

A ram, denoted generally by the numeral 18, operates inthe tub 17 and includes a foot 19, and a vstem 20 secured to the'iioot as shown at 21. vThe foot 19 is provided with slots 100 into which socks and other unusually dirty garments may be drawn and held. The stem 20 of the ram passes through a tube 22 journaled in a block 23 locatedbetween the rods 7 ot' the lever 6, the block being mounted to swing on a pivot element 58 carried by the rods. Nuts 24 are mounted on the tube 22 on both sides of the block 28. The nuts 24C are not clamped down on the block 28, the c-onstructionlbeing such that when the lever .is .swung upwardly and downwardly on its fulcrum 8 5 the ram 18 will be raised and lowered, it'being possible,

nevertheless, to `rotate the ram, through the instrumentality of a handle 25 secured .to the stem 20 of the ram. The handle 25, which is composite structure, includes a T-coupling 26 through which the stem 20 passes, one arm of the coupling' being threaded on the rotatable tube 22. One arm of the T- coupling 26 is closed by means of a -plug22' and into the opposite arm of the T-couplin'g, a reducer 29 is threaded, a grip 28 being threaded into the reducer, the stemf20 beine' Y bound between the inner ends of kthe plug 27 and the grip. In the louter-end of the grip 28, a hole 30 isv fashioned. v Through this hole, a wire nail or other object may be linserted, for the' `purpose oit` rotatingv they grip, to cause the inner end of the grip to bind against the stem 2001:' the` ram 18, as shown inFig. 4. `lWhen "the/grip 25 isrotated, so that its inner end ynozlonge'r binds on the stem 20, the ram -18 maybe adjusted vertically, toregulate the space between ther foot 19 of the ram and the .bottom of the 'tub 17.

The invention comprises pump cylinder 31. One vend of the cylinder 31 is engaged by the bar 2, and the other end of the cylinder is engaged by ahead block 32. The head block 32 and the bar 2 preferably are made of wood, and when these elements are drawn against the ends of the pump cylinder by bolts 33, the ends of the cylinder will be. closed. There is a passage 34 in the bar 2,

which communicates with the lower end of the cylinder 31. A nipple 43 is inserted into the passage 34 and is connected with a iieXible tube 35 communicating with a rigid pipe 36 having a horizontal arm 37 located adjacent to the bottom ot the tub 17. The pipe 36 is received in any selected pair of seats 38 formed in one edge ot the bar 2 and i-n a strip 39 connected to the bar 2 by the bolt 5 and by an additional bolt 40. The construction is such that the pipe 36 may be moved inwardly and outwardly, depending on 'the diameter of the tub 17, and it is possible to rotate the Y manner hereinbefore set forth, with seats 47 lformed in a strip 48 and in one edge of the bar 2, the strip being clamped on the pipe 45 by means of bolts 49 passing through the bar 2, the outer one of these bolts 49 serving as a reinforcement for the bar, as does the bolt 5.

The head block 32 has an air inlet 50 com. municating with the upper end oi' the pump cylinder 31 and controlled by a Hap valve 51 carried by the head block. The bar 2 has an air inlet 52 controlled by a Hap valve 53 attached to the said bar. A piston 54 recipro- YGates in the pump cylinder 31 and includes a head 55. The piston comprises a stem 56 passing through the block 23 and held Vthereto by nuts 57, the stem 56 of the piston and the stem'20 of the ram being disposed on Yopposite sid-es of the pivot'element 58 which supports the block.

In practical operation, when the lever 6 isI swung vertically on itsv tulcrum 5-8, the piston 54 will reciprocate in the pumpV cylinder 31. Air is admitted into the upper end of the pump cylinder 31 by way of the *inlet 50, and air is admitted into the lower end of the pump cylinder by way Voit the ini let 52. On the'down stroke. airis forced outwardly through the flexible tube 35 into Vthe `pipe 36., and tis discharged through the farm 37 ,beneath or Ainto the clothes in the- Y tub 17. On theV up stroke, is forcedV outwardly through the Yflexible tube 42 into the pipe 45, and out of the pipe through its arm 46. VAs hereinbefore described, the pipes 36 and 45 may be rotated, so as to dispose the inner ends of the arms 37 and 46 in dierent positions with respect to the center of the tub. Further, the pipes 36 and 45, and consequently, the arms 37 and 46 may be raised and lowered, the clamp strips 39 and 46 permitting such an adjustment. The hook bolts 16 may be moved inwardly and outwardly in the slots 15, thus adapting the structure to tubs ot diii'erent sizes. The pipes 36 and 45 may also be moved inwardly and outwardly, depending on the diameter ot the tub.

When the lever 6 is swung upwardly and downwardly on'its fulcrum 5--6, the ram 1S will move with the lever, thus effecting a Y pounding of the clothes in the tub 15. The ram may be rotated by means of the handle 25, so that the foot 19 oi' the ram will reach all of the clothes in the tub, and during this operation, the tube 22 rotates in the block 23. By loosening the grip 25, the ram 16 may be raised and lowered, thus to regulate the distance between the foot 19 of the rain and the clothes in the tub. The opening 3 is large enough so that the standard 4 may swing to some extent on the bolt 5, and the stems 20 and 56 are carried by the block or tiltable member 23, which is Jrulerumed intermediate its ends on the parts 7 of the lever 6, by means ot the pivot element 58. Thus, the stem 20 of th-e ram and the stem 56 of the pump will be permitted to have vertical right-line reciprocation without appreciable side strain;

l Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed is Y A washingI machine comprising a base; means for securing` the base to the upper edge of a tub; a lever iulcrumed, on the base; a memberpivotally mounted intermediate its ends on the lever; aram Vjournaled in one end oi: said member and movable vertically with the lever; a laterally projecting handle secured to the ram above the lever and con-- conduits leading from the pump and discharging beneathl the ram at spaced points, In testimony that Ipclaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto .aiiixed my signature zaonanmn a. Tarpon.

in the presence of two witnesses. i

Witnesses: r Y

FRANK X. l-InsaY .1). F. Vn'rzr.

11o stituting means for rotating the ram in said 

